News for nerds
TikTok is making it much easier for creators to quickly report harassing comments. With an update that starts rolling out today, the app is adding the ability to select multiple comments at once — up to 100 — so that Read more
Three years after Chrome OS first started offering support for Linux apps, the feature is leaving beta, the search giant announced during a Google I/O 2021 developer session. It’s happening in Chrome OS’s “next release,” which Android Central notes is Read more
Apple’s software engineering head Craig Federighi had a tricky task in the Epic v. Apple trial: explaining why the Mac’s security wasn’t good enough for the iPhone. Mac computers have an official Apple App Store, but they also allow downloading Read more
Twitter verification has been a much debated topic. While some have blamed a sometimes inconsistent account verification policy previously with Twitter, others have fired allegations regarding how Twitter treats its ‘blue tick’ accounts preferentially. To even out all of this, Read more
Google is opening its first physical retail Google Store, the company announced today, which will debut in New York City this summer. The new store will be located in Chelsea, as part of Google’s campus in that neighborhood (the company’s Read more
HP made an almost overwhelming bunch of gaming announcements today, which include systems equipped with Intel’s 11th Gen H-series processors: a new 16-inch Omen gaming laptop and an updated 17-inch version, along with a new budget-friendly gaming laptop line called Read more
Hot off the heels of the public debut of the F-150 Lightning pickup truck, Ford announced that it will form a joint venture with South Korea’s SK Innovation to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles at scale. The two companies signed Read more